Union garment



INVENTOR. 45

I? 'ATT RN EY.

Patented Sept. 26, 1922 w. s; QKELTON.

v UNION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 30, 1920.

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UNION GARMENT.

Appltcati dn filed September 30, 1920. Serial No. 413,768.

' T 0 all 1.0 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM S.'SKELTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh and. State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in UnionGarments; and 1 do hereby declare the followingvto be a full, clear,and-exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to bertain hew and useful improvements in uniongarments and has for its primary object" the provision of a garment ofthe character stated which will be composed of the minimum number 0'pieces of material and in which the flap may be readily secured in itsclosed position within the depending end of the body back of the garmentby means of a strap-passed through loops to hold the upper edge of theseat flap while the vertical edges thereof are connected at the side ofthe garment by buttons on side flap members- The invention has foranother object the provision of a garment of the character stated inwhich the front may be formed of: a single piece slit vvertically andsecured together by a vertical front row of buttons or other securingdevices, While the belt is formed of a lower section comprising the rearhalves oi the legs of the garment and the seat ilap, which latter isreceived beneath the depending end of the upper back section. formingthe back of the'body of the garment and having openings in its lowerportion to receive strap carrying loops formed on the outer face of theflap so that a belt may be passed througli the belt loop to hold theflap in closed position and retain the lower end of the back of the bodyof the garment in proper position over the upper edge or" the flap,means being provided for closing the vertical edges of the scat flaps atthe sides of the garment "forming the hip portion thereof.

he invention has for a further object the provision or a garment of thecharacter stated in which the garment will be constructed in such-amanner as to make it appear that the same formed as a one piece garmentand constructed oi thenummum amount of material as well' as the minimummimber-ot pieces or sections.

"With the foregoing and other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists inthe novel const'ruction,combination and arrangement of cooperating elements ashereinafter more specifically described, claimed and shown in thedrawings forming a part of the present,

application, and in which: I

Figure l. is a front elevation of the garment.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal section through the waist portion ofthe garment, as shown on line of Figure 2. I

Figure 4 is a detail vertical section on the plane of line l4: of Figure2.

Referring more in detail to the drawings in which similarreferencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the severalviews, 1 indicates the front of the garment which is composed of asingle section of material and which includes the front of the legs ofthe garment as well as the entire body thereof, the bodyibeing slit orseparated vertically along the center, whereby the garment may bereadily placed on the wearer or removed. The overlapping inner edges ofthe front of the garment forming closure flaps 2 which are securedtogether by the buttons 3 carried b one flap and extending throughbuttonho es on the opposite remaining flap, or by any other\ suitablesecuring means.

The back of the garment is composedot a tion 10 of the rear side of thegarment and which upper section forms the back of the body of thegarment. A belt 11 is extended around the waist portion of the garment,initwardly ot' the depending end of the section 10 forming the back ofthe body of the garment and through the belt loops 8 of the scat flap 6when the latter is closed, shown in the drawings, thereby retaining theflap e in its closed position and preventing the lower edge of the rearbody memljier 1.0 from moving out of proper position over the seat flapand leaving exposed the upper edge of ice the seat flap 6. The verticalorside edges 12 of the seat flap 6 are adapt-ed to have removableengagement and detachable engagement with the side securlng flapportions 13 of the 111p portion of the front section 1 of the garment,as shown in Figure l of the drawings. Buttons and buttonholes may beemployed for this connection, shown at 1%, it de sired.

The garment may be provided with sleeves 15 secured to the front section1 and rear upper section 10, as shown at 16 in Figure it of the drawingsand a collar 17 n'nty also be provided for the garment, if desired.

From the foregoing peragra ihs taken in. connection with theaccompanying drawin itwill be seen that 1 have provided a simple for mof garment which may be readily construeted from the minimum amount ofnun teriel and composed of the inininiuni number of Sections.Furtherinore the flap section Will be protected when in closed posit-ionand et may be readily released after removing the belt 11.

l/Villlfl the preferred en'ibodiment oi the in from thosection to takeup the slack at the waist ot the garment and insertible through saidloop means exteriorly of the upper sec tion to support the trousers andclose the seat sertion.

in testimony whereof I eliix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WlLLIAM S. SKELTON. Witnesses 1122mm (3. HOEMER, Lo 01s 1 W

